qubigo
Game manual

Qubigo Classic

2– 3 players
Play in 4 steps

How Qubigo works

From unboxing to the winning move. Read through the four steps and you are ready to play — the rest you pick up as you go.

1

Objective

What are you playing for?

Be the player who scores the most points by lining up 3 pieces that share a common characteristic.

Colour
e.g.
Colour
Shape
e.g.
Shape
Structure
e.g.
Structure

Game pieces come in three structures: solid, open and ribbed.

Note: every direction counts
horizontal,
vertical,
diagonal.
2

What's inside

What's in the box?
Cube, the playground
Cube, the playground
Shaker box
Shaker box
27 game pieces
27 game pieces
Score card
Score card
3 score pieces
3 score pieces
Game manual
Game manual
3

Setup

Ready to play in 4 moves
1

Gently lift the cube out of the box.

2

Twist the magnetic box 90 degrees — it is now a shaker!

3

Pour all the 27 game pieces in the shaker.

4

Shake out 3 pieces per player, and place them in front of you.

4

Gameplay

Take turns placing a piece
  • 1

    Players take turns making a move.

  • 2

    Place one of your pieces in an open position in any layer of the cube.

Place the piece in a layer → click the layers together
  • 3

    Click the three layers together by turning the logos in the middle in the same direction.

  • 4

    After placing a piece, shake out a new one so you always have 3 visible in front of you.

  • 5

    Record your points with the score card and score pieces. The game ends when the cube is full.

5

Scoring

| |
Row with one shared feature
1 point
| |
Row with two shared features
2 points
Made more than one row?

Add up your points: count every row in which you create a combination.

Tips

build

Match two characteristics to double your points!

block

Stop your opponent from scoring!

rotate

Turn the cube, see what's been hiding!

plan

Guess what is still in the shaker!

Advanced

Pick more than 3 pieces; the more pieces you see, the more strategic it gets.